denormalizedadj., ANSI, IEEE (of a float) conforming to the description of ``denormalized'' as described by IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic. For example, in an implementation where the minimum possible exponent was -7 but where 0.001 was a valid mantissa, the number 1.0e-10 might be representable as 0.001e-7 internally even if the normalized representation would call for it to be represented instead as 1.0e-10 or 0.1e-9. By their nature, denormalizedfloats generally have less precision than normalizedfloats.

dynamic extentn. an extent whose duration is bounded by points of establishment and disestablishment within the execution of a particular form. See indefinite extent. ``Dynamic variable bindings have dynamic extent.''